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At 3:27 PM -0400 7/10/2002, Michael LaMeyer wrote: >well, fwiw, since aphex twin builds many of the electonics he uses in his >sets and recordings, i think he's a bit removed from the moby paradigm >(not >sure if he even uses a laptop, although he's built/modded digital >electronics). From what I understand, most of Aphex Twin's recent work has been in Max/MSP, so a live performance from a laptop is possible. I've heard he's not that interesting live. > >don't know amon tobin ... Saw him once, he basically DJ'd a lot of his stuff and the kind of stuff that he constructs his albums from, Brazilian records, 50's/60's jazz, etc. Was interesting, but didn't blow me away. I think I've read in an interview that he basically doesn't feel like what he does is possible to pull off live. His records are amazing, though. The new DJ Shadow CD has a "Deluxe" edition version that includes a 2nd live disc, a performance with DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist and another DJ. It's pretty interesting, lots of variety. I'm guessing that Shadow is playing an MPC live, while the others scratch. Unfortunately, it's only 12 minutes long, hardly enough to justify the cost of it over the standard edition. >mike > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ernesto Schnack [mailto:e_schnack@yahoo.com] >Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 2:44 PM >To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >Subject: Re: prerecorded loops > > >> From: ArsOcarina@aol.com >> I've always been under the impression that the >> live music event was supposed >> to be a tool to prove that the musician in >> question has the same amount of >> talent and innovation on stage as (s)he does on >> the recording. > >It's funny how just a few generations ago, >recordings were just a way of recreating a live >event, but now most people expect the live event >to recreate the recording. Ever since i got into >jazz and improv I started to find most rock >concerts quite boring because of their lack of >immediacy and spontaneity. Yet a good DJ's set >can be much more exciting and immediate, >prerecorded music and all. But bands playing to >backing tracks seem to be in the middle where you >don't get the best from either world. > >I think it has to do with the amount of risk >involved, rathert than something being >pre-recorded or not. A DJ could still mess up by >missing a beat, or maybe choosing the wrong song >to mix into. But the only risk moby is taking is >that the DAT will blow up...and he probably has >backups anyways. > >I've always wondered what guys like Aphex Twin >and Amon Tobin do live...do they basically just >bring their laptop and press play, or is there >something more interactive going on? > >Ernesto > > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free >http://sbc.yahoo.com -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Trenkel New and Improv Music http://www.newandimprov.com improv@peak.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------